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Karel Koplimets
lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia

Education

2020–2021 Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK), Ghent, Belgium, Postgraduate
2009–2013 Estonian Academy Of Arts, Photography, MA
2007–2008 FAMU, Photography, BA, tutor: Viktor Kolaŕ
2005–2009 Estonian Academy Of Arts, Photography, BA

Solo Exhibitions

2024 2074. ArCo3 – Artists in Collections, Communities and Collectives, Tartu Observatory of the University of Tartu, Estonia, curators: Maarin Ektermann ja Mary-Ann Talvistu
2023 The Unbearable Brightness of Artificial Light. ARS Showroom, Tallinn, Estonia
2023 One Is the Loneliest Number. Rüki Gallery, Viljandi, Estonia
2023 Case No 18. James Tilly Matthews. Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia
2022 The Unbearable Brightness of Artificial Light In the Nocturnal Urban Darkness. Kanal galerii, Võru, Estonia
2022 One Is the Loneliest Number. (AV17) Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
2020 Case No. 16. Elements of Fear (5 Ways to End the World). Tartu Art House, Tartu, Estonia, curator Kaisa Maasik
2020 Case No. 14. The Storm on the Baltic Sea, Kordon Art Residency Gallery, Kärdla, Estonia
2020 Case No. 11. TALSINKI, Kuressaare Raegalerii, Kuressaare, Estonia
2019 Flat Circle, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (together with Maido Juss)
2019 Case No 14. The Storm on the Baltic Sea, Kordon Art Residency Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2017 Case No. 11. TALSINKI, Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2016 Case No. 12. Kalamaja, Hobusepea and Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2013 Visible Solutions LLC, 1st May Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2012 Visible Solutions LLC, B-Gallery, Turku, Finland (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2011 Personal Record, Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia (together with Ivar Veermäe)
2011 Visible Solutions LLC, Monumental Gallery in Tartu Art House, Estonia (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2010 Don't be evil, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (together with Ivar Veermäe)
2010 Vilde Road Case, Draakon Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2010 Visible Solutions LLC, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)

Group Exhibitions

2024 The Fine Lines of Constructiveness. Kai Art Center, Tallinn, Estonia, curator Maret Sarapu
2024 Showroom: Sweat and Dust. Kogo Gallery, Tartu, Estonia, curator Šelda Puķīte
2024 Coup de Ville 2024: A GAMECHANGER. Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, curated by Stef Van Bellingen
2024 (Un)Balanced: Exhibition About Noticing and Peace of Mind. Adamson-Eric Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Karin Vicente
2023 22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil. Sesc 24 de Maio, in São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Brazilian Raphael Fonseca and Kenyan Renée Akitelek Mboya
2023 Trance (Main exhibition of Tallinn Photomonth). Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia, curated by Ilari Laamanen
2023 A Selection of Contemporary Estonian Photography. Fotografiska Tallinn, Estonia, curated by Kaisa Maasik
2022 The Wave - An Exhibition. Collecteurs, The Museum of Private Collections (MoPC), online exhibition, curated by Carolina Martínez & Àngels Miralda
2022 Belonging. Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland, curator Delphine Munro
2021 Various Positions. Gosset Site - Building A, Brussels, Belgium, curator Sam Steverlynck
2021 Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia, curators Eha Komissarov, Triin Tulgiste
2021 sonsbeek 20–>24’s Conjunctions. Agora, Park Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2021, curator Daniella Géo
2021 The HISK Affair. Gosset Site - Building A, Brussels, Belgium, curators Sam Steverlynck and Pieter Vermeulen
2021 The Luxembourg Story – More than 1000 Years of Urban History. Lëtzebuerg City Museum, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2021 A rescripted visit to EKKM’s collections. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, Estonia, curators Henri Hütt and Maarin Mürk (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2020 Resolutive Images. International Festival of Photography of Belo Horizonte (FIF-BH), online exhibition
2020 A New Reality. Galerie De Meerse, online exhibition
2020 Zomersalon. Kunsthal Gent, Gent, Belgium
2019 Exhibition of Works by ADP 2019 Artists in Residence. European Investment Bank, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2018 Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art. Riga, Latvia, curator Katerina Gregos
2018 There and Back Again. Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, curators Saara Hacklin, Kati T. Kivinen
2017 Bridge — Greetings from Two Republics. Virka Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, curator Veikko Halmetoja
2017 Travellers: Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe. Art Museum of Estonia KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia, curator Magdalena Moskalewicz
2017 Work it, feel it! Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, curator Anne Faucheret
2017 Intermedial. European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, curator Marten Esko
2017 Global Control and Censorship. Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, curator Bernhard Serexhe
2017 reGeneration3. Centro Nacional de las Artesa, Mexico City, Mexico, curator Anne Lacoste
2016 Songlines for a New Atlas. Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden, curator Torun Ekstrand
2016 Bucharest Biennale 7. Bucharest, Romania, curator Niels Van Tomme (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2016 Art Brussels. Brussels, Belgium (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2016 reGeneration3. QUAD Gallery, Derby, United Kingdom, curator Anne Lacoste
2016 Adrift. OCAT Shenzhen, China, curators Leo Li Chen, Qu Chang and Wenqi Zeng
2015 reGeneration3. Museo Amparo, Puebla, México, curator Anne Lacoste
2015 reGeneration3. Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, curator Anne Lacoste
2015 Zonen des Übergangs. Fluc, Vienna, Austria, curator Ursula Maria Probst
2014 Society Acts - The Moderna Exhibition. Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden, curator Andreas Nilsson (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2014 Survival Kit 6. Contemporary Art Festival, Riga, Latvia, curator Solvita Krese (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2014 Crime Scene. Rauma Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum, Finland, curators Laura Kokkonen and Henna Paunu
2014 Köler Prize 2014. Exhibition of Nominees, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2014 Frightful Stories. Haapsalu City Gallery, Estonia, curator Anneli Porri
2014 Exodic. metamatic:taf, Athens, Greece, curators Tatiana May Kallergi and Angeliki Roussou (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2013 Liquid Assets. steirischer herbst, Graz, Austria, curators Katerina Gregos and Luigi Fassi (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2013 Where You End, I Begin. Tartu Art House, Estonia, curator Anneli Porri (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2013 Köler Prize 2013. Exhibition of Nominees, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn
2012 Archaeology and the Future of Estonian Art Scenes. Art Museum of Estonia KUMU, Tallinn, curators Eha Komissarov, Rael Artel, Kati Ilves, Hiilkka Hiiop (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2012 Speed of Darkness and Other Stories. Art Museum of Estonia KUMU, Tallinn, curator Jaakko Niemelä
2012 Manifesta 9. Genk, Belgium, curator Cuauhtémoc Medina (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2012 Speed of Darkness. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Turku, Finland, curator Jaakko Niemelä
2011 gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Art Museum of Estonia KUMU, Tallinn, curator Sabine Himmelsbach (together with Ivar Veermäe)
2011 Museum Files I: Collected Principles. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, curator Anders Härm (together with Sigrid Viir and Taanie Raudsepp)
2010 Annex 6. The Politics of the Invisible Hand. ART ISTKUKU NU UT. Y-Gallery, Tartu, Estonia, curator Rael Artel (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2010 Visible Solutions LLC. Cēsis Art Festival “Take Care”, Latvia, curators Margit Säde Lehni, Daiga Rudzate, Virginija Januškevišiuté (together with Sigrid Viir and Taaniel Raudsepp)
2009 MY DEAR PARANOIA. Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, curators: Piibe Piirma, Jane Suviste and Piret Räni
2009 Doings or Not Estonian Edition. Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, curators Laura Kuusk and Margit Säde
2009 (f)AKT. Estonian Academy Of Arts Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2008 Exhibition of Photography and Graphic Design Students of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, curators Anu Vahtra and Pauline Barbasi
2008 The Shining Stars. EU Information Centre, Tallinn, Estonia, curator Marco Laimre
2008 Doings or Not. Galerija Vzigalica, Ljubljana, Slovenia, curators Laura Kuusk and Margit Säde
2007 Something Is Wrong. Tartu Artists House, Estonia, curator Marco Laimre
2007 Something Is Wrong. Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (EKKM), Tallinn, curator Marco Laimre

Catalogues & Books

Coup de ville 2024: Artists & Athletes. The hill they climb, MER. books, 2024
22nd Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil. Memory Is an Editing Station, Associação Cultural Videobrasil, 2023
Accelerating Young Talent, EIB – European Investment Bank, 2023
Belonging, EIB – European Investment Bank, 2022
Various Positions, HISK – Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten, 2021
Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art, The Art Museum of Estonia - Kumu Art Museum, 2021
Imagens Resolutivas, CâmeraSete – Casa da Fotografia de Minas Gerais, 2021
The 1st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA1) Handbook, Riga Biennial Foundation, 2018
There and Back Again – Contemporary Art from the Baltic Sea Region, A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication, 2018
The Travellers. Voyage and Migration in New Art from Central and Eastern Europe, Lugemik, 2017
Artists´ Spaces, Estonian Academy of Arts Press, 2017
The second annual publication of HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme, HIAP, 2016
KUMU HITS. Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, Art Museum of Estonia – Kumu Art Museum, 2016
Songlines for a New Atlas, Kalmar konstmuseum, 2016
reGeneration3, Muśee de l'Elyśee & Skira editore, 2015
Survival Kit 6. Utopian City, Laikmetígás Mákslas centras, 2014
Society Acts: The Moderna Exhibition 2014, Moderna Museet, 2014
Köler Prize 2014, Lugemik, Museum of Contemporary Art of Estonia, 2014
Frightful Stories, Frightful Stories, 2014
Liquid Assets, In the Aftermath of the Transformation of Capital, Mousse publishing, 2013
Köler Prize 2013, Lugemik, Museum of Contemporary Art of Estonia, 2014
Where You End, I Begin, Estonian Union of Photography Artists, 2013
Manifesta 9, The Deep of the Modern, A Subcyclopedia, Silvan Editors, 2012
Concise Visible Solutions, Visible Solutions LLC, 2012
gateways. Art and Networked Culture, Erschienen im Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011
ART IST KUKU NU UT, Art ist kuku nu ut, 2010

Awards and scholarships

2024 “Ela ja sära” grant, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2020-2022 Artist laureate salary, Estonian Artists Association and Republic of Estonia Ministry of Culture
2018 Eerik Haamer Art Prize
2014 Nominee of Köler Prize (Visible Solutions LLC)
2013 Nominee of Köler Prize
2012 Annual award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Foundation for Fine and Applied Arts
2012 Baltic Asssembly Art Prize

Other

2024 Residency in International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, USA
2023–2024 Artists in Collections, Communities and Collectives (ArCo3), Tõravere Observatory, Estonia
2019 Residency in Artists Development Programme, European Investment Bank Institute, Luxembourg
2015 Residency in Helsinki International Artist Programm (HIAP), Helsinki, Finland
Member of Estonian Artists' Association
Residency in Artists in Residence Program of the Austrian Chancellery and KulturKontakt
2011 Residency in Art Museum of Estonia KUMU, Visible Solutions LLC
Member of Photography artist union FOKU

Works in Collections

Les 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
EIB Art Collection, Luxembourg
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma / The Finnish National Gallery, Finland
Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Kumu Art Museum, Estonia
Estonian Contemporary Art Museum, Estonia
Tartu Art Museum, Estonia